Site Work
Websites of note
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Whether you’re trying to unload construction materials, electronics, extra food or office equipment, here’s a handy list of links to send you in the right direction. Now you really have no excuse.
Building Materials Reuse Association
Ever wonder how to take apart a building so that the materials can be reused? This nonprofit educational and research organization will help.
A nifty video explains how your old running shoes might be ground up to become the next basketball court, tennis court, or running track. Basketball and tennis courts take 2,500 pairs; a running track eats a whopping 75,000.
And to think it’s often called “disposable” furniture… This brilliant blog features oodles of clever ways to repurpose all that stuff with the funny Swedish names into even more fabulous furniture.
Curl your hair, extend your vacuum cleaner hose, keep your pants crease-free, entertain your hamsters — and more! Who knew a paper tube could be so useful?
Founded in 1994 by the late Sam Mockbee, this Auburn University program demonstrates how simple, even unlikely, materials can be reconstructed into beautiful structures, such as the “Windshield Chapel” and the “Carpet House.”
It’s like eBay or Craigslist, but free! PayPal is so overrated.
Some things should not be reused, and New England’s stone walls are among them. Threatened by increasing theft, stone walls are unique to our regional landscape. Save our walls!
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